Comic Title: Justice League of America #68
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1968
On Sale Date: October 22, 1968 Copyright Date October 22, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date October 22, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #69

Newsstand Date October 22, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #9

Frequency: Monthly, (with the exception of Jan., Apr., July, and Oct. (semi-monthly, Nov.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Neverwas... the Chaos-Maker"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Justice League of America (of Earth-1)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Justice League of America Archives Vol. 8 HC (2003)
Showcase Presents:Justice League of America Vol. 4 TPB (2009)
Justice League of America:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Justice League of America (last appearance in Justice League of America #66; next appearance in Justice League of America #69)
• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #116; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #181)
• Batman (last appearance in Batman #207; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #181)
• Green Lantern (last appearance in Green Lantern #65; next appearance in Green Lantern #66)
• Aquaman (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #115; next appearance in Aquaman #41)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in Justice League of America #66; next appearance in Justice League of America #69)
• Hawkman (last appearance in Atom & Hawkman #41; next appearance in Atom & Hawkman #42)

Villain(s)

• Neverwas (an amoeba-creature from the distant past; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The members of a Ladies' Garden Club (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A mutated amoeba-like creature from Earth's pre-history, Neverwas accidentally transports himself to the present, where he wreaks unintentional havoc. After a disastrous encounter with the creature, Hawkman alerts the JLA. Superman is put out of action when Neverwas lures him through a time-gate to the distant past, trapping him in an era when Earth's sun was red, rendering him powerless. Aquaman, Batman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and Hawkman are on the verge of defeat, when Superman manages to return through the time-gate through which Neverwas is about to hurl the entire United States.

Deducing that the creature possesses the mind of a child, Superman creates a giant toy for it, then hurls the toy and creature back into his own world, after which Green Lantern seals the time-gate.